She say, "Jim"; "Yeah, what do you
want, Mother?""I'm going to town, son, and buy
you a suit.""And what else, Mother?""And when I come back, you know,
darling, I'm going to give you some fruit."Why, she gave me an apple, banana,
pie, peach and plum;I started playing on my instrument
for Hannah,And then she started to... said,
"Son"The way that gal looked at me,
I could plainly see,It was in her eyes,She wanted me to play, can I see,Miss Hannah, she got stuck on the
way I played piano.Nice little piano.All but her my apple, [?]I wanted to play her grand opera,
too.She said, "Stop it, man,Don't play that stuff for me,I want you to play something good,
you fool."Go on and play that piano.She got stuck on the way I played
piano.Ummm, piano,Said, "If you want me to be,Go on, Tennessee," [?]You better play it, whip it, pat
it, bang it,Play it, oh, papa, play for me!

Spoken:Now, listen here, what do you mean
you're going to take me home?You know a man and a taxicab is
two dollars fare.You gonna do what?You gonna put it in my stocking,
the money, bro?Well, you'll never do nothing like
that to me!I can't stand that kind of a jive!Lord, the last man said he was
going to give me something,When I woke up and come home the
next morning,I didn't have no legs, stockings
or anything else!Have I got another fellow?Sure I got another fellow!Where is he? Out of town?What am I doing when he's out of
town?What do you think old lady Rip
van Winkle was doing while Rip was sleeping?I guess you thought that she was
out there on the corner playing in the sand or doing something like that.All you got to do is one thing
for me,Play it, play it, play it, papa,
for me,Ummm, Hannah,She got crazy way I play
the piano.Lord, piano!I want to play her grand opera.Play her radio tunes, [?]She said, "Lord, Lord, nobody better
come in here!"Crazy Lord, oh!Miss Hannah!She went wild about the way I play
piano,I mean, pretty piano,You want me to beGo up in a tree? [?]You better play it, whip it, bang
it, pat it, rip it and play it,All for me!

About this recording

This is Frankie's earliest known recording,
made in St. Louis, MO. He was accompanied on the piano by DeLloyd Barnes.

About this CD:

The CD includes
extensive liner notes by Jim Probaska, and provides us with recording dates,
labels (in code, with no key), locations, personnel and time. Unfortunately,
Document Records information does not include the names of composers or
lyricists unless they happen to be mentioned in the liner notes.

Pieces included on this CD are:

1) Hannah
Fell in Love with my Piano2) If That Don't Get It - This
One Will3) Can't
You Wait Till You Get Home4) I'm
Gonna Steal You5) Willie
the Weeper6) She Got "It"7) I'm Gonna Dance Wit De Guy Wot
Brung Me8) Corinne9) Hit Ta Ditty Low Down10) Down at Jasper's Bar-B-Que11) How Can I Get It?12) Fan It13) Fan It14) My Four Reasons15) Rock Me Mama16) Let's Knock a Jug17) Can You Wait Till You Get Home18) She's Coming Round the Mountain19) Get the "L" on Down the Road20) Don't Drink It in Here21) It's Heated22) Jive Man Blues23) Corinne Blues24) Operation Blues